Nasscom ties up with Google, Microsoft on digital literacy

Nasscom has joined hands with IT firms, including Google, Microsoft and Intel, to organise the second Digital Literacy Week. The initiative, part of the National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM), complements the government's efforts in making at least one person per household, e-literate.

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Updated: December 06, 2013, 16:06 IST

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NEW DELHI: IT-ITeS industry body Nasscom has joined hands with technology firms, including Google, Microsoft and Intel, to organise the second Digital Literacy Week (DLW) starting next week.

The week will provide an opportunity to employees from firms including Acer, Dell, HCL, HP, IBM, Intel, Lenovo, NIIT, Wipro and others, to impart practical and relevant digital skills to those with little or no computer knowledge, Nasscom said in a statement.

The Digital Literacy Week, to be held from December 9-13, serves as an opportunity for employees of partner companies to volunteer for training the under-served, across Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi/NCR, Hyderabad and Pondicherry, it added.

Nasscom is thrilled to organise DLW 2.0 where it expects more than 1,000 IT-BPM employees to volunteer their time and expertise. Already over 100 people have signed up for the initiative, she added.

NDLM formed under the aegis of NASSCOM and its foundation will bring leading IT companies together on a collaborative platform to unite each individual company's effort in the field of digital literacy.

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